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The British Inline Puck Hockey Association is recognised by the British Roller Sports Federation, UK Sport and the UK Home Country Sports Councils as the Great Britain Governing Body for the sport of Inline Puck Hockey played to the rules of the International Federation of Roller Sports (FIRS), these rules being based upon the ethos of non checking, with no blue and red line offside rules. The British Inline Puck Hockey Association, also known as the BIPHA has been in existence for some sixteen years originally under the leadership of Glynn White. Under the current Chairperson, Sarah Finney, the association has steadily grown to the point where it now has regions and leagues in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and runs leagues for both male and female inline hockey players as well as sending a representative Great Britain team to both the FIRS World Championships for Men and Women and also to the American Athletic Union (AAU) games. The U18 Great Britain team won the FIRS Junior World Championships and the AAU International Champions in Philladelphia USA in 2008. The BIPHA is a founder member of the British Roller Sports Federation(BRSF) and is affiliated to both the Confederation European Roller Skating (CERS) and the International Federation of Roller Sports, formerly known as Federation Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The BIPHA season commences in September each year, with each region running league competitions at various age divisions from Under 10, through to Under 21 and Senior. The winning team(s) in each age division (U10 - Senior) from each region then go forward to a National Championship held the following summer. The BIPHA National Champion Team in the Senior group will be invited to go forward to take part in the Confederation European Roller Skating (CERS) European Champions Cup. |
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